Chapter 1: The Rusty Homo Sapiens

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"Bang dang! Bang dang! Bang bang ......"

With a series of crisp metal cracks, Yuki, a boy with a large stack of scrap metal behind him, ran happily down the street, saying to everyone: "I have a father!" I've got a dad! ”

Most of the residents of the Recycle Station Town watched the scene with a smile on their faces—a smirk, for example. Yuki's biological father died many years ago due to lithium bacteria invading the biological brain, leaving behind a woman and seven children.

In order to feed her seven children, the woman had to sell her spine, cerebellum and pons and replace them with a construction machine. The reason why the town of the recycling station is called the town of the recycling station is because a garbage dump from the era of the "Sublimation War" was dug up here, and the people of the whole town lived on the resources of the garbage dump. There are some sublimation war-era alloys and the like that have to be shipped to the city, and there is a great demand for transportation.

After a woman becomes a construction machine, she has no hands and feet to take care of her children. Four of the seven children died of illness one after another, and one was taken away by the tax collector as a genetic tax to keep the human gene pool diverse. The eldest son went to the city very early to earn a living, and only this younger son remained. He has been bullied since he was a child.

Most of the residents have little interest in Yuki's "new dad". Only a few children pushed Yuki in a careless way. Yuki's body fell to the ground with a loud "clang" - a characteristic of cheap prosthetics.

"Haha...... Where's your dad without your father's wild seeds? Yes? It's a sight to be, huh? ”

One of the older kids laughed.

Yuki snorted and raised the head in his arms: "Look! That's my new dad! ”

It's a ...... Very, very miserable human head. His Celestial Spirit Cover had completely vanished, and the edges of his metal skull were still twisted, as if they had been ravaged by a great force. Inside was a charred black mass, as if it were some kind of melted residue, making one wonder if the biological brain was still there. He used to have a bionic epidermis, but now all that remains is a metal shell, and the eyeballs are stored by metal eyelids. A large piece of the mandible is also missing.

The big boy was stunned for a moment, and then burst into a loud laugh: "Ahahaha...... Hahaha! It's a dead man's head! Hahaha! It's really a match for you! Dead man's head! Bastard...... Hahaha! ”

"It's not a dead man's head!" The boy was very angry: "He's alive! Just give him a little water and his eyeballs will still move! ”

"Hahahahaha...... It's so coke! A dead man's head! "Now, the older kid doesn't even have the interest in bullying Yuki. He laughed maniacally and waved his hand, motioning for Yuki to hurry up and get out.

Yuki holding that ...... Or the half of the head, quickly running home.

He found the head in the depths of the garbage heap. He accidentally dug into a new soft zone - it was some kind of cushioning structure of the battleship, and the polymer nano cushioning material was still valuable in this era. The head was lying there. He had thought it was a rare piece of garbage, so he was very happy for a while. But when he was leaving the garbage dump, he accidentally dropped his head into a puddle of sewage.

Then, he saw the head's eyeballs move.

"I'll fix you!" The boy said to his head, "So I will have a father." ”

……

- I......

The man had a dream, a dream about "martial arts".

In the dream, the sword and the sword.

Vector jets, steel rods, ship choppers, Vulcan cannons, wireless signal receivers......

Each one is a good weapon that shakes the past and the present.

Mobile Steps, Demon Sticks, Imperial Ship Tricks, Gun Locks, Cloud Dragon Hacking Methods......

Each one of them is a well-known martial art.

- What......

Consciousness returned to the physical body. He opened his eyes, and the world in front of him was swaying, and everything was in flux.

"You kid...... Why do you soak this head in water? And put the copper sugar in? You can't eat enough on your own......"

"Mom! You see! You see! His eyelids are really moving! ”

"Huh? Really moving? ”

"So I have a new dad!"

"We can't raise this dead man's head ......"

"Mom!"

There seems to have been a quarrel.

Then, there is the sound of the car moving.

"Alright, I'll call the mayor over and have a look."

Inexplicable conversations.

Men's thinking is unsustainable.

And so, once again, he fell into a deep sleep.

But this time, he had a nightmare.

Countless fist and palm fights. He couldn't remember the number of roads.

And then...... A cyber prosthetic with a five-meter body...... One...... One......

"Yawg......" the man said through gritted teeth.

"What are you talking about? Is this your name? ”

Surprisingly, another voice accosted him.

The man opened his eyes. What catches your eye is a crumpled face. The face appears to be raw, with the upper part of the skull replaced with a mechanical one, and a camera-like cylinder grows out of the eye sockets.

The man was a little stunned: "You...... Who is it? ”

"Mayor of Recycle Station Town." The old man smiled: "Who are you?" 'Yog', that's your name? ”

The man pondered for a moment. But unexpectedly, the brain went blank.

"I'm ...... I ......"

The man wanted to shake his head. But at this time, he realized that he seemed to have only one head left. The discovery startled the man. He had no choice but to reply: "I shouldn't have that name...... the name 'Yog' is not my name." ”

"But that's the first word you shout when you wake up." The mayor pondered for a moment: "So, for convenience, why don't you call you 'Yog'?" ”

The man hesitated for a moment, wanting to nod. But he found that he still couldn't nod. All he could say was, "For the time being...... Right? ”

Although there was a voice in his heart shouting loudly, reminding him that the name definitely had a deep meaning...... Definitely not his name. Even if you forget yourself, you must not forget this name...... But he just couldn't figure out why.

Yuki jumped up: "Mayor Town, Mayor Town!" Could my dad be a warrior of the old days? The awesome kind! ”

The man was startled...... Can't jump: "I have a son?" ”

"No, no, no, you picked it up." The mayor explained a few words, and then said, "Daddy is all this child's idea, and he lacks a little ...... Necessary care. ”

"Mayor Mare!" Yuki stomped her foot: "You haven't said yet, are you!" ”

"Huh...... This dump was excavated fifty years ago. And the time of the 'sublimation war' is even earlier. No brain cell can live that long. The mayor wanted to explain, but found that Yuki didn't understand at all, so he could only shake his head.

"It must be garbage from the city a few months ago, right?" Outside the window, an unusually mechanical voice came in.

The sound was almost noise, and the glass shook. The man rolled his eyes and saw a truck parked outside the window......

So the vehicle should be called a truck? The man did see the huge cargo bucket. But the front of the car is so small that it is impossible to cram into one person's. On the front of the car, a camera is looking at the man.

Only then did the man realize that he ...... Or his head, lying on a bed, with a large lamp on top of his head. The lamp must have been brought by the village chief, and its wires were plugged directly into the socket around the village chief's neck.

And this bed, right in front of the window.

"In order to raise money for the treatment of her child, Yulia sold her spine, cerebellum and pons, and then used the rest of the money to buy construction machinery." The mayor pointed to the door: "I earn a little more than in the past, but this kind of body can't enter the house, so I can only arrange the room like this." ”

The man was a little stunned.

He vaguely felt ...... Humans shouldn't be like that. That's not what people should be.

Yuki looked at Mayor Mare expectantly. The mayor pondered for a moment: "Maybe he was really a character before, right?" Probably an athlete? ”

"Wow!" Yuki let out a sound of surprise.

The man was still confused.

"Okay, it should be tiring to think like this, right?" Mayor Mare turned to the man and shook his head, "I still have a driver chip here, which my grandson just replaced—I don't know what you've been through before, but the equipment on the outside of your biological brain is all burned, and there are only a few components left." Fortunately, your brain-computer barrier is very reliable......" The mayor's hand pressed on the top of the man's head: "I cleaned it up for you, it seems that there are still a few working interfaces, replace them for you!" ”

Only then did the man realize that he seemed to have only half a head, no tongue, and a voice directly in his mouth.

- Why is it only now that such an important thing is ...... Yes!

An electric shock.

【Discover new equipment】

[Necessary drivers are being installed]

New signals run through the nerves.

- This feeling......

The man suddenly felt that his body was "alive".

The only body he had suddenly came alive!

"Without the assistance of driver chips, it is difficult for the biological brain to control the prosthetic...... I think you have good eyes, maybe it's worth a lot. Think about it? Sell it to me, and I can get you a prosthetic. ”

The man wanted to shake his head again. He quickly said no: "No, thank you for your kindness." But I want to ...... Maybe I have a clue about my past in my eyes. I don't want to replace it yet. ”

Mayor Mare shook his head, "Then there are no free prosthetics......"

Yuki jumped up: "I can go to the garbage heap and find it!" ”

"It's not that easy." The mayor shook his head with his hands behind his back and left.

Yuki jumped up: "Phew! I can find ......."

"That's it!" Yulia's horn honked solemnly. Yuki immediately stopped.

In the evening, Yuki put her arms around the man's head and fell asleep like this.

Outside the window, Yulia's camera focused on the man. The man didn't seem to be able to sleep at all.

- What is this "Yog" thinking?

Yulia couldn't help but be a little curious. She didn't have much of the shame of an old-time woman. She was now made of steel except for the brains of living beings. With such a body, what is the need to be shy?

She only has one wish now, and that is to watch Yuki grow up, put on a nice prosthetic body, and then ...... And then......

She couldn't imagine the future either.

That's why she didn't insist on Yuki throwing away the head. Maybe the child will be happier.

It's just that it's impossible for their family to buy prosthetics, no matter how cheap they are. All the money is to be used to exchange Yuki for an adult prosthetic. In a few years, the biological part of Yuki will exceed the maximum limit of a child's prosthesis.

But adult prosthetics are expensive.

Sometimes, Yulia wants to sell her temporal and frontal lobes again. But she heard that the person who sells the temporal and frontal lobes is no longer a human being, just a machine.

It's not a big deal to be a machine either. But if she can't love Yuki anymore, can she still work?

You have to save money quickly!

I hope this dead man's head can work in the future!

It should be regarded as repaying Yuki for saving him.

The man also saw Yulia's eyes. To be honest, this kind of camera "look" always makes him feel a little uncomfortable, and I don't know why.

And that's not all that makes him uncomfortable. Now, the name "Yog" has become synonymous with him for the time being. But it made him feel very inappropriate.

In the midst of this darkness, he finally determined one thing.

The real owner of the name "Yog" is absolutely, absolutely, his enemy.

The enemy of the heavens.

- I'm ...... Rebels......

- I'm resisting...... What the?

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